Holland Township’s planning commissioners will hear answers to some questions they raised over a sprawling truck stop proposed for Adams Street, just east of I-I96.Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores has applied for several variances to the 13-acre site. If approved, the development would include a Love's Country Store, and McDonald's and Chester's restaurants in a 10,000-square-foot facility, as well as 12 fuel bays for cars and eight for trucks, a truck scale and overnight parking for truck drivers.The proposed signs would be 50 percent larger than the township currently allows.The land is set between I-196, Adams, Black River Drive and, to the south, Black River court and the Hawthorn Pond Natural area.The planning commission is set to meet to discuss the issue at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the township offices, 353 N. 120th Ave.Commissioners are primarily concerned with the effects on area traffic by an anticipated daily influx of 350 trucks and 300 cars, including the risk of fatal crashes as have happened near the Tulip City truck stop, which also is located off I-196.In December, Zeeland resident Joshua Hoppe, 30, was killed in a crash involving his car and a semi-truck near the truck stop. In 2007, Curtis Boeve and his two children died from injuries suffered in a crash at the same location. Residents then presented the city of Holland with an online petition with more than 2,800 signatures asking for improvements on the road.The 2013 incident sparked outrage with many residents who, at a subsequent Holland City Council meeting, asked for the installation of further traffic control measures in the area, whether in the form of a traffic light, a separate ramp for trucks or other controls. The Lincoln Road/M-40 roadway falls under the jurisdiction of the Michigan Department of Transportation.A construction zone-style message board was recently placed near the Tulip City Truck Stop warning drivers on M-40 of slow-moving truck traffic and slippery roads.In addition to safety, Holland Township officials cited other concerns for the Adams Street plan:• The need for a special use approval in the C-3 zoning district to accommodate a proposed on-site tire store.• Directing overnight lighting to limit problems for road traffic and the surrounding area.• Drainage issues that could affect the Macatawa Greenway's 1,000 acres and Project Clarity's efforts to clean up the Macatawa watershed.The planning commissioners have the option of accepting Love's responses by giving a preliminary site approval, or ask for revisions, or deny Love's request outright. If the preliminary plan is approved, the company would still need approvals from multiple government agencies before township officials can formally approve the site plan, according to Meghann Reynolds, the township's interim community development director.Travis Williams, Outdoor Discover Center/Macatawa Greenway's executive director, said the Hawthorn Pond area is heavily used and will be expanding."Greenway’s core mission is connecting the community with the outdoor environment," he said. Development is good, he said, but planners must be mindful that construction fits the fabric of the community.Love's site in Marshall is the only other Michigan location, but the company has more than 300 others in 39 states. The truck stops are continuously open throughout the year. — Follow this reporter on Facebook and Twitter, @SentinelPeg.